Effects of water and nutrient availability on fine root growth in eastern Amazonian forest regrowth, Brazil

New Phytologist

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 622-630

  Lima, Tâmara Thaiz Santana ^a   Miranda, Izildinha Souza ^a   Vasconcelos, Steel Silva ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Belowground biomass; Drought; Irrigation; Litter removal; Rainfall seasonality

Indexed keywords

WATER; SOIL;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RESPONSE; LITTER; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGROWTH; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 77955125751     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03299.x     Document Type: Article

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